Qi Baishi (1864--1957) was born in Xiangtan, Hunan. His original name was Chunzhi, with the courtesy name Weiqing, and later his name was changed to Huang, with the courtesy name Pingsheng, and his nickname was Baishi. His nicknames were also the owner of the borrowed mountain hall, Baishishanren, and the old man Jiping. He worked as a carpenter in his early years, and later learned poetry, seal cutting, calligraphy, and painting from local intellectuals Chen Shaofan and Hu Qinyuan, and then made a living selling paintings and engravings. After turning 40, he traveled to various places five times. He has successively served as professor at the Beijing National Art College, honorary professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, honorary president of the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts, and chairman of the Chinese Artists Association. In 1953, he was awarded the title of Outstanding Artist of the Chinese People by the Ministry of Culture. In 1955, he received the International Peace Award from the World Peace Council. In 1963, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth, he was publicly elected as a "World Cultural Celebrity". Gongshi, the poet Fan Zengxiang, uses sincerity and has the interest of ancient folk songs. A famous painter, calligrapher and seal engraver in my country in the 20th century. Published include "Collection of Qi Baishi's Paintings", "Collection of Qi Baishi's Works", "Collection of Poems of Qi Baishi", "Collection of Seals of Qi Baishi", "Selected Works of Qi Baishi", "Collection of Works of Qi Baishi", etc.
Qi Baishi (1864--1957) was a famous painter, calligrapher and seal engraver in my country in the 20th century. A native of Xiangtan, Hunan, originally named Chunzhi, with the courtesy name Weiqing and Lanting, and later changed his name to Huang, with the courtesy name Pingsheng, and his nickname Azhi, also known as Bai
Shi, Bai Shiweng, Lao Bai, also known as Ji Ping and Lao Bai. Ping, Juishan Weng, Xingziwu Laomin, Qida, Mu Jushi, Three Hundred Stone Seal Rich Man, etc. Also known as Zhuishan Guanzhu, Baishishanren, Jiping Laomin, etc.
Qi Baishi came from a poor family and had been working in farming for generations. He only attended a private school with his grandfather before he was 12 years old. He cut firewood, herded cattle, farmed, and did all kinds of work. He learned carpentry at the age of 12 and carving at the age of 15 to earn money
to support his family. At that time, carvings were almost the same, but he broke through the stereotypes and "created many new patterns." Known as "Zhi Carpenter", he was carving for a family in 1882. At the customer's house, he "accidentally saw a "Mustard Seed Garden Painting Book" engraved during the Qianlong period, with multi-color overprinting." He was very happy. It took half a year to sketch one image after another. In 1888, Qi Baishi began his painting career at the age of 27. He successively studied painting from Xiao Xiangye, Wen Shaoke, Hu Qinyuan, Tan Pu and others, studied poetry from Chen Zuochun, and studied poetry from Wang Xiangqi. President of Longshan Poetry Society. Since 1902, he has traveled to Shaanxi, Beijing, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Guangxi.
In the seven years of "five trips and five returns", he saw famous mountains and rivers. His painting style was transferred from Gong, his calligraphy was transferred from He Shaoji style to Wei stele style, and seal cutting was transferred from Ding and Huang to Zhao Zhiqian style. In 1917, he entered Beijing for the second time and met Chen Shizeng, Yao Mang's father and others. He returned to Hunan the following year. In 1919, he settled in Beijing and began to implement reforms under Chen Shizeng's advice. In 1926, he was hired by Lin Fengmian to teach at the National Beijing Art College. Traveled to Sichuan in 1936.
In 1937, he became two years old. After the age of 60, he settled in Beijing and made a living by carving and selling paintings. During this period, he and Mei Lanfang met. When they first met, Qi Baishi painted grass and insects for Mei Lanfang, while Mei Lanfang painted a scene for Qi Baishi.
Shi sang a poem about a drunken concubine. During the Anti-Japanese War, Peiping fell and he said "the paintings will not be sold to the officials". In 1946, he resumed his career of selling paintings and making seals. In the same year, he went to Nanjing and Shanghai to hold solo exhibitions, and was appointed by Xu Beihong as an honorary professor at Peking Art College. In 1949, he was elected as a member of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and a member of the All-China Art Workers Association. In 1952, he was appointed as honorary professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, chairman of the Chinese Artists Association
, research librarian of the Central Museum of Literature and History, chairman of the Beijing Chinese Painting Research Association, and honorary president of the Beijing Chinese Painting Academy. He was elected as a deputy to the first National People's Congress. In 1953, he was awarded the title of "People's Artist"
by the Central Ministry of Culture. In 1955, he was awarded the honorary certificate of "Corresponding Academician" by the German Democratic Republic and the Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1956, he won the 1955 International Peace Prize from the World Peace Council. In 1957, he served as the honorary president of the China Academy of Painting in Beijing. He died on September 16 of the same year. He died at the age of 95.
Qi Baishi is a modern painting master with high attainments in all aspects. He spanned two centuries and lived to be nearly a hundred years old.
Following the Shanghai School painters in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, he pushed traditional Chinese painting to a
new peak. His character, paintings, poems, calligraphy, and seal cutting are all outstanding. His style has had a huge impact on modern and even contemporary Chinese painting creation. In 1963, he was elected as one of the world's cultural celebrities by the World Peace Council. In the same year, the "World Cultural Celebrity - 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Qi Baishi Exhibition" was held at the National Art Museum of China. From the end of 1983 to January 1984, the "Exhibition of Works in Commemoration of the 120th Anniversary of Qi Baishi's Birth" was held at the National Art Museum of China. There are "Baishi Poems and Grass", "Baishi Seal Grass", "Selected Works of Qi Baishi", "Collected Works of Qi Baishi", "Selected Landscape Paintings of Qi Baishi" and so on.
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During the Anti-Japanese War, Xuan Tiewu, commander of the Peking Puppet Police and chief spy chief, celebrated his birthday and forced the traditional Chinese painting master Qi Baishi (1863-1957) to attend. Feast painting. Qi Baishi came to the banquet, looked around at the guests, thought for a while, spread the paper and waved. In the blink of an eye, an ink crab appeared on the paper. Everyone was full of praise, and Xuan Tiewu was overjoyed. Unexpectedly, Qi Baishi wrote a line of words on the painting with a slight stroke of his pen - "How long will the rampage last", followed by "General Tiewu", then raised his head and walked away.
A traitor asked for a painting, and Qi Baishi drew a tumbler with a white nose and a black gauze hat, and wrote a poem: The black gauze and white fan looks like an official, but the original half of the mud is half a ball, and the makeup suddenly appears. Come and break, where is the heart and soul in your body?
In 1937, the Japanese invading army occupied Peiping. In order not to be exploited by the enemy, Qi Baishi insisted on staying behind closed doors and posted a notice at the door, writing: "If Chinese and foreign officials want to buy Baishi's paintings, they can use their representatives. There is no need to drive to the door in person. Officials never enter people's homes. Officials never enter people's homes. If you enter a private house, it will be unfavorable to the master. I would like to inform you that I will not accept you." Qi Baishi didn't think it was enough, so he drew another picture to express his feelings. The picture is very special. When people paint the sad greenery, they usually let it stand on a stone or a lotus path, peeping at the fish on the water. However, Qi Baishi was uncharacteristically not painting the sturgeon on the water, but painting the shrimp in the deep water, and He wrote an inscription on the painting: "Those who paint sad greenery must always draw fish. I only paint shrimps. If the shrimps don't float, what can I do about sad greenery?" As Pei Cui, the meaning is profound and thought-provoking.